The Synth Sounds of Stranger Things - Two Tutorials on Creating the Theme

Published on Aug 30, 2016 Reverb.com

This is a bit of a double post. In the video above Reverb.com goes over how to create the theme to Stranger Things using hardware synths. If you click here, you'll get a write-up from Ask.Audio on how to create the track on U-he's Diva. The completed track there is impressive.

BTW, If you have Netflix and haven't seen Stranger Things yet, go watch it. If you don't have Netflix, Stranger Things just might be worth picking it up for a month. It is that good and so is the theme music. It's throwback to soundtracks of the 70s and early 80s, most notably John Carpenter.

The following is the description for the video by Reverb above.

"Netflix's 'Stranger Things' has seemingly taken over popular culture, in no small part thanks to it's moody, synthesized soundtrack by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. In this video, Justin DeLay attempts to take us in to the Analog Upside-Down and show you how to approximate some of these fantastic sounds on analog synthesizers of the day.

Download The Free "Stranger Things" Ableton Pack: http://bit.ly/2bTqIqN

1:27 - "Main Title" - K. Dixon / M. Stein
5:15 - "Kids" - K. Dixon / M. Stein
11:22 - "Castle Byers" - K. Dixon / M. Stein

Synthesizers Used:
Roland Juno-6: http://bit.ly/2c5POBd
Roland Juno 106: http://bit.ly/2bORcHQ
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5: http://bit.ly/2bPIooc
MiniMoog Model D: http://bit.ly/2bD3ClM
Ableton Live: http://bit.ly/2coU2Zo

Read more about "Stranger Things" on Reverb: http://bit.ly/2bQ1F91"

CLARA VENICE ♡ STRANGER THINGS THEME ♡ MOOG HALLOWEEN THEREMIN VIDEO CONTEST 2017

Published on Oct 26, 2017 Clara Venice

♡ Hello bbz! So this is my Halloween viddy for 2017 - it's my take on the "Stranger Things" opening title theme.

"Stranger Things" is one of my fav shows, and of course I love the soundtrack so much - which is why I had the idea for composing a theremin accompaniment.

The original "Stranger Things" theme is by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.

Hope you enjoy the video, and until next time - stay strange.

Love, Clara xx

♡ ♡ ♡

STRANGER THINGS - MAIN THEME COVER - KORG MS20MK1- SPLIT SCREEN

Published on Apr 3, 2020 Muhn Channel

"La sigla di Stranger Things. Suonata con il solo KORG MS20 mk1. Multitraccia. Logic Pro X.

Stranger Things MAIN THEME. Played with the KORG MS20 mk1 only. Multitrack. Logic Pro X."

STRANGER THINGS - MAIN THEME- COVER - MAKING OFF KORG MS 20 - MULTITRACKS - HOW I DID IT.

Korg Minilogue - "Stranger Things" & More

Published on Jul 20, 2016 Jae Ryan

1. Korg Minilogue - "Stranger Things"

"I was a little slow obtaining a Minilogue since I live in Canada. I happened to get mine last weekend while binge watching Stranger Things on Netflix. Although this is not what the synth is known for (based on what I've seen), I figured I would take a shot at making something that wouldn't be out of place on a scene in the show. This whole sequence is just one track of the Minilogues audio out. No overdubs. No second synth. No layers, just 1 pure audio track of Minilogue madness. As usual I recorded this to the UAD Studer tape plug in and added some delay and Lexicon 224 reverb for width and depth.

I also own the Korg Arp Odyssey and MS-20 Mini and I must say that at some points this synth can sound very similar to those, even in how difficult it can be to find the sweet spot. When you open this thing up though, it has a sound that's all its own. Personally i'm not a huge fan of poly synths but ANY analog at this price is worth owning. The Minilogue has a very unique character, love it or hate it, you'll be hard pressed to find the sound anywhere else."

2. Korg Minilogue - Vanilla Pads

3. Korg Minilogue/Roland TR-8 - DENIM

Stranger Things with Meris Pedals & Monotribe Meets Meris Polymoon by Baseck

Two quick videos in via Meris. First up:

"Stranger Things theme recreated with EHX synth9 gutar synth pedal and our Mercury7 reverb and Ottobit Jr."

Followed by:

"BASECK playing the monotribe through our new Polymoon super-modulated delay."

@highpedality recreating Stranger Things theme with our stuff. Impressive pedal experiment...who’s watching tonite? Thanks to @vintagekingaudio and Dustin for the major luv and support.

A post shared by Meris (@meris.us) on Oct 27, 2017 at 8:33am PDT

If you haven’t heard this already... @baseck swimmin deep with the Polymoon.

A post shared by Meris (@meris.us) on Oct 24, 2017 at 11:29am PDT

VCV Rack - Stranger Things Jam

Published on May 16, 2018 Omri Cohen

Update:

VCV-rack - Stranger Things Jam Patch Breakdown

Published on May 18, 2018 Omri Cohen

"In this video I explain how I've built the Stranger Things Jam patch."

Stranger Things Composers Break Down the Show's Music | Vanity Fair

Published on Jun 15, 2018 Vanity Fair

"The composers of the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, break down the music of the show. Kyle and Michael talk about how they were approached by the Duffer Brothers to score the show, the biggest influences on their music, and the differences between the music of Stranger Things season one and season two."

An Oberheim TVS was used for the main sequence, played by hand - no arpeggiator.

Stranger Things Theme Music - Teenage Engineering OP-Z Cover

Premiered Jul 3, 2019 Lo-fi Pask

"I made this Stranger Things theme's cover to celebrate Netflix's Stranger Things Season 3, out on July 4th. I used only OP-Z by Teenage Engineering (all stock sounds, no sampling).
1985's quotes inside: Ghostbusters, Nintendo's Game & Watch and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Ready to enter the Upside Down?"

Stranger Things theme - Sequential Prophet Rev2

video upload by Laurence Owen

"I recreated the Stranger Things theme tune using only one synth, the Sequential Prophet Rev2.
Trying to design these sounds as close as possible to the original was a really fun challenge, and a great way to get to know this powerful little machine!

If you like this sort of thing, you'll probably enjoy my fiction podcast Mockery Manor, a mystery-thriller set in a theme park in 1980s Britain. https://www.longcatmedia.com/mockery-..."

Flight Of The Navigator - Sequential Prophet Rev2

video upload by Laurence Owen

"What do you play when you first get a massive analog 80s polysynth? Stranger Things? Blade Runner? For me: Flight Of The Navigator. From the movie score by Alan Silvestri.

This is the Sequential / Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2 desktop module, 16-voice version. This is using preset F2 P33, called 'C.S.A.T.'"

"Sampler Things" Teenage Engineering OP-Z Stranger Things - Season 3 tribute

Premiered 37 minutes ago amenemo1010
Update: Re-Published on Jul 7, 2019

Watch past the intro.

"After months of research, tests and preparation, I can finally announce my new video with OP-Z as the protagonist. Next to the great success of my previous video with the OP-1, this time I will squeeze the little boy from Teenage Engineering using the power of new Sampling features and the stunning DMX option, to realize a unique idea: the alphabet of lights to communicate with the upside-down. This is my tribute to Stranger Things and, above all, a tribute to all of you who support me through this channel.

**
I thank in advance anyone who will give me a little help with superchat donations"

Stranger Things (Eleven's theme & Main title) with Polyend Dreadbox Medusa synth

Published on Jul 24, 2019 Miltos Schimatariotis

"As a follow-up for my Medusa synth covers I decided to do something about the Stranger Things series. Here, instead of just recreating the 'Main title', I added as an intro one of my favorites in the soundtrack, 'Eleven's theme'. All sounds are made with the Medusa only, with the addition of effects and especially Byome which helps a lot in the background atmosphere.

A few words about the process I followed for creating this video:

At first, I decided what parts of the soundtrack I was going to cover and roughly planned the arrangement. Then I started designing the sounds on the Medusa. That was probably the most entertaining part but also the most challenging because for the creation of the original tracks the composers had a lot more gear in their disposal. But since I have decided to restrict myself to only one synth, the Medusa, I ended up just creating sounds that sounded good to me without necessarily replicating the originals. So I would say that this is a free cover and not a replication. (especially Eleven's theme is way different from the original). The other restriction I wanted to add in the process is that I wanted to have as few sounds as possible in order to not over-complicate things and to be able to visualize almost everything in the video.
So, after making a rough version I started the final recordings. I was recording the audio part and the video part simultaneously, the audio in Cubase and the video in my Pocophone F1 smartphone with Filmic Pro app. The difficult part here was that I had to name the takes every time for the video file and the audio clips in order to not lose track of what I was going to use in the final product (I used DaVinci Resolve). So the clips you see in the video are corresponding to the same audio recordings you hear. The only exception is the pad at the intro which was double tracked and panned left right, so there I used only one video clip.
I have mixed/mastered the track in Cubase and I had in mind to not over-process the sounds of Medusa, so I have mostly the necessary EQing and compression. The effects (reverbs-delays) are all routed in parallel. The main effect processor I used was Unfiltered Audio Byome and some patches make use of the beautiful Carmen collection from patchpool/Simon Stockhausen."

'Stranger' - Eurorack Modular Performance (Ambient/Upbeat/Ambient)

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

"Thanks for watching!
Made this little patch right after watching another episode from season 4 of Stranger Things on Netflix. I'm not gonna say it's inspired by Stranger Things, but just chronologically I made this patch right after watching it so, I'll let you be the judge. Cheers:)

Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
Go follow my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?..."

Stranger Thrones (GoT + Stranger Things Mashup) by GLASYS

GLASYS
Published on Aug 16, 2017

And the winner for best video of the day goes to...

"Download this track for free from http://www.glasysmusic.com/got

The comments on my previous Game of Thrones cover inspired me to create a proper mashup of the GoT and Stranger Things themes. I had lots of fun creating this, hope you enjoy!

Recorded from scratch using a DSI Prophet 6, Nord Stage 2 EX and Addictive Drums 2.

Video produced by John Thompson (Ballooga Media)
http://www.vimeo.com/balloogamedia"

Modal Electronics SKULPT - Stranger Things Themed Patches

Published on Jul 3, 2019 Modal Electronics

"Is anyone else a little bit excited?

We can't wait. We created this teaser on a SKULPT to get you in the mood.

Download our free Stranger Things themed Patches and MIDI files for your SKULPT synthesiser below.

Update: new link for the patches here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6k6b1lsc0irs7ki/AAA2ciUvT3nOFO0fqh2E4-83a?dl=0

Stranger Things Main Theme Cover | Plankton Electronics

Published on Aug 20, 2018 Plankton Elec

"Cover of the outstanding Stranger Things main theme. Made only with the Ants! analog synthesizer.

Original song by S U R V I V E.
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STRANGER THINGS - KIDS cover - Keystep JX-03 Microbrute

Published on Sep 16, 2016 sprunging for voltage

"This is a quick rendition of the song 'kids' from the Stranger Things soundtrack. Whipped up on a couple of Microbrutes and a JX-03. It ain't note for note, but it was fun to figure out. Recorded stereo out of the mixer direct into Ableton. Credit for the original song goes to Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. Pretty amazing synth work from those guys."

Stranger Things Season 4 - Trailer Music

video upload by Luke Million

"Can't wait for the new season of Stranger Things to drop this week! Been watching the trailer over and over, so I thought I’d have a little jam on the music in it. This is my take on the Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix of Separate Ways by Journey. 🎹🎹🎹

Gear Used;

Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 3.3
Roland Juno 6
Moog Multimoog
Oberheim OB8
Korg MS20
Moog Multimoog"

Stranger Things - Kids (Synthesizer Cover)

video upload by Bendrr Music

"Decided to do a cover of one of my all time favorite soundtracks from one of my all time favorite shows, "Kids" from Stranger Things. Originally written by Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon, I covered this track using an Oberheim/Sequential OB6 and Moog Subsequent37. Hope you enjoy!"

S T R A N G E R T H I N G S - cover with Korg Volca Keys synthesizer

video upload by Dadam

"Re-upload from my old channel, I really like this one. All done with the little beast Volca keys, and FX with the ZOOM MS70CDR pedal

Are you waiting for the next season ?"

Stranger Things Volca

Stranger Things

Deluge Stranger Things jam

Published on Oct 29, 2016 Synthstrom Audible

"Rohan has a quick Deluge jam inspired by the Stranger Things theme, showcasing the user's ability to quickly affect synth parameters across various tracks.

Any questions about the Deluge, please use the form here: http://www.synthstrom.com/contact.html"